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A couple of addenda:
1. You cannot ride a road bike in Quito unless you really know which routes to pick. Otherwise you'll encounter cobble stone streets with multiple missing cobble stones. You need a MTB, CX with fattish tires, etc.
2. I did see a few real roadies in the Quito area. They were riding on the shoulders of 4 lane freeways that are ring roads outside of Quito, which are pretty nice roads.